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> Your menu sounds so wonderful. Wish I could attend!
Are you going to

> make your own barley water? Do you have a recipe?

> Phillipa

I'll be having as much made from scratch as possible for
this feast.

Since the dishes aren't too fancy I want to make it up
with having

it all homemade and good tasting.

We talked about Barley Water on the list some time back so
you could

check the Archives or Stefan's Florithingy. This is from
the class

notes on the Period Non-Alcoholic Drinks class I taught
last Spring.

Cariadoc has been given proper attribution to this in the
notes as I

used his recipe as the base:

Barley Water

1/2 cup pearl barley water, to rinse barley

10 additional cups cold water

1 whole ripe lemon, to be juiced and the rind used

1/3 cup (approx) additional lemon juice (more on this
later)

1/2 to 1 cup honey

Rinse the pearl barley under running water. Scrub the
lemon to make

sure the rind is clean. Put the rinsed barley in a pan or
pot, cover

with cold water, bring to a boil, and let simmer for 3
minutes.

Remove from heat and drain.

Put the simmered barley in another large pot and add the
10 cups cold water. Grate the rind from the lemon into the water, careful not
to get any of the white pith. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover well, and let
simmer on low for 60 minutes.

Check it occasionally to make sure it's not boiling too
hard - you

don't want to lose too much liquid.

Roll the lemon (now minus the rind), pressing it with your
palm, on a countertop or cutting board to release the juices inside. Juice the
lemon and add enough extra lemon juice to make at least 3/4 cup of juice.

To the barley water in the large pot, add the lemon juice
and sugar (or honey); stir until dissolved. Taste the liquid and add any
additional lemon juice to

your preference.

Pour the barley water through a strainer into a pitcher,
retaining

the barley.

I have found that if you bring the temperature down a bit
then use a

2 liter soda bottle it works very well. You can enjoy the
barley water